BlockEstelle, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Camden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36726. The Survey maps it on the Rosebud quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rosebud quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Estelle between 1994 and 2020, burning about 489 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130907-001 |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130907-003 |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130907-004 |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130907-005 |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130907-006 |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 41, AL |
| 3 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Estelle in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelle | - | High winds downed trees across Highway 10 east of the Highway 28 split. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelle | - | High winds downed multiple trees in Shawnee. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee | 1.7 miles | 7 | |
| Darlington | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Rosebud | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Neenah | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Camden | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Fatama | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Oak Hill | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Watsonville | 7.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118037. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.